Lights of Niteroi is a new book from Brazilian cartoonist Marcello Quintanilha, and it’s a thrilled story about friendship based on the life of Quintanilha’s father.
And today, The Beat is excited to reveal six, never-seen-before pages from the forthcoming graphic novel, which is due out in March 31, via publisher Fantagraphics. The brief glimpse at the story serves up a bit of suspense, some real danger, and some complicated character dynamics.
Check it out below, following the preview text from the publisher…enjoy!
In 1950s Brazil, somewhere by the beach, not far from Rio, Hélcio, a young and promising soccer player, and his friend Noël, spot someone fishing with dynamite. They decide to take a boat and steal some of the dead fish to make some money. The boat trip turns into a perilous journey as the two thieves embark on an adventure that will challenge their friendship. Inspired by the life of Marcello Quintanilha’s father, Hélcio Quintanilha, this graphic novel is both a suspenseful thriller and a breathtaking story about friendship.
In The Lights of Niterói, internationally acclaimed graphic novelist Marcello Quintanilha returns to the city where he was born and raised. He dives into the waters of Guanabara Bay and crafts a plot based on real events that took place in the 1950s. It’s an adventure full of suspense, involving fishermen, soccer, the Brazilian feminist and striptease artist Luz del Fuego, and the first naturist camp in Brazil. Translated by the author with Bruna Dantas Lobato.
And now, the preview pages:
